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Google announced a trio of new theft protection features for Android earlier this year, designed to help secure your device if it's lost or stolen. After launching in beta in Brazil in August, these safeguards are now gradually making their way to more countries, including the United States. Some users...Read Entire Article

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Possible slacking off detected
This device was automatically locked to protect your employer's time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

What has this to do with anything in the article? The article literally is only about protecting against theft, which would be considered a good thing.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

One more notch on the belt of you-don't-own-shit. Jailbreaking is a civic duty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

... how is an optional, anti-theft feature, which shouldn't impact you in any way, a blow to ownership?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

They dont understand how the feature works, they think this is a way to lock the user out of their own device as a "slippery slope" because what if google decided you stole your own phone and you couldn't get back in.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Normalizing the diminishment/marginalizing of consumer agency, friend.

The fact that you're having trouble seeing this is only a sign of how far it's already gone...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Normalizing the diminishment/marginalizing of consumer agency, friend.

The fact that you're having trouble seeing this is only a sign of how far it's already gone...

I asked HOW, and you're replying with buzzwords without any actual point

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

That's Lemmy for you 🙂

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 weeks ago

If you can't parse that sentence, that's no one's fault but your own. Level up, kiddo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

Keep up the fight.